SJ Berwin corporate finance partner Graham Nicholson is advising Luxembourg private equity firm Quilvest on its joint £106m bid with Saudi Arabia’s Shoaibi Group for UK construction company Hydrex. DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary banking partner Stephen Bottley is advising Shoaibi, while Eversheds corporate partner Paul Lowe is advising Hydrex.

DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary corporate partner Andrew Holt and Travers Smith acquisition finance partner Jeremy Walsh are advising Exponent Private Equity on its £82m bid for UK media monitoring company Discovery Group. Macfarlanes corporate partner Nicola Richards is advising Discovery.